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Positive confirmation bias in the acquisition of information

Overview of attention for article published in Theory and Decision, February 2001
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#6 of 322)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)

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2 news outlets
blogs
2 blogs
twitter
3 X users

Citations

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121 Dimensions

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241 Mendeley
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Title
Positive confirmation bias in the acquisition of information
Published in
Theory and Decision, February 2001
DOI 10.1023/a:1005296023424
Authors

Martin Jones, Robert Sugden

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 3 1%
United States 3 1%
Australia 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Philippines 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Unknown 230 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 54 22%
Student > Master 29 12%
Researcher 24 10%
Student > Bachelor 24 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 19 8%
Other 35 15%
Unknown 56 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 50 21%
Business, Management and Accounting 30 12%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 28 12%
Social Sciences 23 10%
Computer Science 12 5%
Other 35 15%
Unknown 63 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2023.
All research outputs
#1,236,042
of 25,853,983 outputs
Outputs from Theory and Decision
#6
of 322 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,452
of 114,871 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Theory and Decision
#1
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,853,983 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 322 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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